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Monday, 16 December 2013

Here is a picture of a frosted white glass dog, which will be finding a home on Wednesday. Hope they like it...

Frosted glass white dog

A really bad dog joke i saw on the internet http://www.dogbreedinfo.com ...

A guy is driving around Oklahoma and he sees a sign in
front of a house: "Talking Dog For Sale." He rings the bell and the
owner tells him the dog is in the backyard.

The guy goes into the backyard and sees a Labrador Retriever sitting there.

"You talk?" he asks.

"Yep," the Lab replies.

"So, what's your story?"

The Lab looks up and says, "Well, I discovered that I
could talk when I was pretty young. I wanted to help the government, so
I told the CIA about my gift, and in no time at all they had me jetting
from country to country, sitting in rooms with spies and world leaders,
because no one figured a dog would be eavesdropping. I was one of their
most valuable spies for eight years running.

"But the jetting around really tired me out, and I
knew I wasn't getting any younger so I decided to settle down. I signed
up for a job at the airport to do some undercover security wandering
near suspicious characters and listening in.

"I uncovered some incredible dealings and was
awarded a batch of medals. I got married, had a mess of puppies, and now
I'm just retired."

The guy is amazed. He goes back in and asks the owner what he wants for the dog.

"Ten dollars," the guy says.

"Ten dollars? This dog is amazing. Why on earth are you selling him so cheap?"

Sunday, 15 December 2013

Not long ago I was making a glass diving kingfisher, Roger asked me why I hadn't made one coming out of the water with a fish in it's mouth? I couldn't think of a reason for not doing one. so here is a picture of a glass kingfisher coming up with a fish in it's mouth.

Saturday, 7 December 2013

Roger Green has taken a picture of a Glass kingfisher with fish in reeds. I was note sure about the black background, however it seems to have worked very well. Roger tells me he took over 189 pictures overlaying them to get the depth of field. Mind blowing. I hate to think how long it must have taken. Anyway here's the picture:

Thursday, 28 November 2013

Roger Green took a Frosted Glass Heron home to photograph. He tells me he took over 100 of it, which he overlaid to get this picture of the handmade glass heron I made. I don't know how long it took him! I hope you like the picture.

Friday, 8 November 2013

A while ago I had a commission for a Glass dragon on a wooden candle stick. The candle stick was made by David Thomas who lives in a beautiful wooded valley not far away. Some one asked me what the wood was and I had to say "Tree wood". I was completely stumped. :) The same customer asked me to do a dragon on another rally nice yew candle stick from David. Here's the picture of the one they've taken away:

Wednesday, 6 November 2013

we had a customer in a few days ago who had ordered a Glass dragon looking over a shelf down at her collection of other dragons. She let me take a picture of it, so here's your chance to get a look at it:

Sunday, 27 October 2013

A flying Glass Fairy was seeing in the Glassblobbery today. Must be coming up to Halloween!The pink is gold, which is applied after the clear glass has been worked.I managed to get a picture of the flying #faery so here it is:..

Flying Glass Fairy

Here's a fairy good joke from Wendy Joy...

What is a scouse fairies favorite song from Liverpool...

Fairy cross the MERSEY

For those who are to young to know the song the Mersey is the river by Liverpool. :)

Thursday, 17 October 2013

Opened the kiln today to find 2 large Glass Wall Hanging Red Dragons cuddling to keep warm. The kiln had only been up to 690 degrees Centigrade (1274 F). Well they are only newly born #dragons. They will be flying over seas to find a good home... Lucky beasties ;) By the way they are £197 ($290) each. Here's a picture of one of the red dragons. My son has told me if you like the dragon I have to ask you to share him with your friends ;)

Wednesday, 16 October 2013

Today I sent off the #Diabetes UK (Cymru) Photo crystals and blue dragons we have been working on to Cardiff . Really nice commission. Here's a picture of a photo crystal with a blue Welsh Dragon :) A good #diabetic charity to create glass dragons for:

#Diabetes UK (Cymru) glass dragon Photo crystal

Next time Red Wall hanging dragons... if all goes to plan. Just have to see after the kiln is open.

Thursday, 10 October 2013

I was asked if we could do a crystal glass Miner figurine. so this is what we came up with... Battery pack, helmet, pick axe and other goodies like arms and legs.

Crystal Clear Glass Miner

Mines are for miners.
Dwarves like mines to!
EEEk non PC miners joke A Chinese guy applied for a job in a Welsh coal mine and was put in charge of the
supplies. One day, Di Jones and Aled Williams were walking down the main
tunnel in the lowest level. All of a sudden Di says,"Hey.
Have you seen that Chinese bloke, I'm running short of candles. I haven't seen him since started."
The Aled says,"No, I haven't seen him either."
Right then, the Chinese man jumped out of a dirt mound right in front of them and yelled,"Supplies!!"

Wednesday, 9 October 2013

When I was up in Edinburgh I visited an exhibition in Modern 2 about witches in art. So inspired here is a flying glass witch I made the other day which came out of the staining room today. The loop on the hair is so she can hang and look as if she's flying.

Glass Witch on a Broomstick

Getting closer to Halloween. Here's a question to ponder next time you see a witch...
Why do witches have stiff joints ?They get broomatism!

How does a witch go faster when she's flying?
She goes broom, BROOM :)